French court cancels two “charters” signed with Karabakh separatists

  27 September 2019    Read: 1510
 French court cancels two “charters” signed with Karabakh separatists

The Administrative Court of Lyon (France) has abolished two “charters of friendship” signed by the cities of Saint-Etienne and Décines-Charpieu with the administrative districts of Azerbaijan’s territories occupied by Armenia, read a message posted on the court’s website.

According to the message, the “charters of friendship” concluded between the cities of Saint-Etienne and Shusha on 21 October 2018, and between the cities of Décines-Charpieu and Tchartar on 21 September 2017 were cancelled by the prefects of Loire and Rhône, respectively.

The Administrative Court of Lyon considers that the abovementioned “charters”, aimed at developing relations between the signatory cities, constitute cooperative actions, and they can be concluded in accordance with France’s international commitments.

The judges note that France, as a co-chairing country of the OSCE Minsk Group, remains committed to unrecognizing Nagorno-Karabakh. Therefore, this commitment imposes an obligation of neutrality on the part of France’s authorities regarding the conflict [Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh]. As a result, the mayors of the French communes had signed these “charters” in ignorance of the international commitments of France.

Therefore, the Administrative Court of Lyon has ruled the annulment of the two “charters of friendship”.  


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